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Kitchen Confidential: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Nicholas Brendon, John Francis Daley, Bonnie Somerville
  • Summary: A single-camera, no-laugh-track comedy set behind the scenes in a big-time New York City restaurant, "Kitchen Confidential" is based on chef Anthony Bourdain's popular memoir.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Phil Gallo
    90
    One of the sharpest-looking comedy pilots in recent years.
  2. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    88
    One tasty comic treat.
  3. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    60
    The cast is attractive, the show's look is sleek, the pace is frantic, but Kitchen Confidential isn't especially funny.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. TriciaS
    10
    Puhleez bring it back! It's tasteful comedy without being boring. It's a laugh! It's refreshing after watching complicated plots within never ending plots of 24 or Lost. It has the potential to last as long as Friends did! It's a shame it was cancelled. What really happened?! There are shows out there that don't have the wit Kitchen Confidential has!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. AudreyG
    10
    i thought this was wonderfully done and extremely funny. fox lost a viewer when they cancelled it!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CaryH
    3
    Love the cast, but..........
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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